TURKEY RAISING 



which are taken away from her can be returned readily 

 after the hatch is complete, putting them under her at 

 night. 



Dusting the Sitting Hen for Lice. In order to keep 

 the hen faithfully on the job it is necessary to see that 

 she is as free as possible from annoyance by lice. To 

 accomplish this and also to prevent the lice from being 

 troublesome to the young poults when they are hatched, 

 the hen should be thoroughly dusted with a good lice 

 powder before she is placed on the nest. Similar treat- 

 ment should be given to the hen and the nest once a week 

 during the first three weeks of the incubation period. 

 Do not dust her just before hatching commences as the 

 insect powder may prove harmful or fatal to the newly 

 hatched poults. An effective homemade lice powder for 

 use on turkey hens can be made of I part crude carbolic 

 acid and 3 parts gasoline, stirring in enough plaster-of- 

 paris to take up all the moisture and to form a dry pow- 

 der. In mixing this lice powder do not put the hands into 

 the mixture while moist as the carbolic acid may burn 

 them slightly. Sodium fluoride is very effective to use in 

 dusting the sitting hen. Directions for using this are 

 given on page 126. 



Hatching with Chicken Hens 



In hatching with chicken hens a sitting of eggs should 

 not be entrusted to them until they show by the fact that 

 they have become broody and stayed on the nest for a 



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